Other models were competing works to obtain commissions. The Fabbrica would pick a subject, which could be religious or secular, which explains the large number of Hercules Slaying the Nemean Lion and Hercules and Aniaeus models. Giuseppe Perego’s Hercules (second from left) preceded his commission for the Madonnina by a few years.
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